Skirt-supporter.



PATBNTED MAY '7, 1907.

W. G. LADD.

SKIRT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED rms. 1o, 190s,

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UNITED STATES PATIENT OFFIOF.

SKiRT-SUPPORTER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented May *7, 1907.

Application filed February l0, 1906. Serial No. 300,529.

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Be it known that I, IILLIAM O. LADD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mendota, in the county of Lasalle and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements inSkirt-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to skirt supporters, the object of the invention being to provide a simple and effective device of the character referred to which is applicable to a belt or to the waist-band of a waist and adapted to receive and retain suitable hooks fastened to and carried by the waist-band of the skirt, the skirt supporter of this invention embodying novel means whereby it is securely fastened to the belt or waist-band of the waist and provided with a resilient, smooth and rounded upper edge, over which the said hooks are adapted to be snapped, and by means of which said hooks are held and prevented from becoming easily detached.

Vllith the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is Va perspective view of the skirt supporter applied to a belt. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the same. Fig. 3 is a crosssection thereof on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the clamping strips. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the metal blank from which the body of the supporter is formed. Fig. 6 is an enlarged end view of the supporter, showing the waistband in section.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates an ordinary belt, around which is secured the supporter of this invention. The supporter consists of a metal plate, the body portion 2 of which extends outside of the belt 1 and the longitudinal edge portionsy 3 of which are bent around the top and bottom edges of the belt 1 and deflected inward toward, but not necessarily against, the belt, as shown in Fig. l.

At one or more points in the length of the supporter, clamping strips 4 extend across the inner face of the belt 1, to hold said belt against the body 2 and prevent relative slipof the edges 3 of the supporter are left free and, as above stated, they are deiiected inward so as to impart to the supporter smooth, rounded upper and lower edges 5 and 6, respectively, the upper edge 5 being designed to receive and be engaged by hooks 7 attached to the waist-band of the skirt shown atl 8, in Fig. 6. Owing to the rounded crosssectional shape of the upper edge of the supporter, the hooks 7 are adapted to snap over and around such upper edge of the supporter and obtain a frictional clasping hold thereon, as illustrated in said Fig. 6, the yielding extreme edges of the embracing flanges 3 of the body of the supporter adding to this resu`lt. It will further be noted that in bending the edges of the supporter inward to clamp the strips 4 in place, the said edge portions of the supporter are crimped and bent around the strips 4, thereby forming offsets or shoulders 9 which serve to prevent undue sliding of the hooks 7 lengthwise of the supporter, thus maintaining the proper relation between the waist and skirt.

The waist shown at 3fL is usually provided at the back with a loop 10 through which the belt 1 passes, the supporter of this invention lying within said loop and thus holding down the waist.

While the supporter is shown and described l as applied to a belt, it is to be understood that it is equally effective when applied to the Waist-band. of a skirt, waist and in referring to the belt in the appended claim, its equivalent, viz t-a waist-band is to be understood as being comprehended by the term IOO gaging edges, and belt clamping strips eX- tending transversely across the plate and held between the edge portions of the supporting plate and the belt, said edge portions ofthe plate being crimped over the clamping strip to form outwardly projecting stops for the supporter hooks.

WILLIAM C. LADD.

Witnesses: f J. R. WooDs,

Y I. P. MCKEAN. 

